Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 86 54
Rank change year-on-year -33 -32 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,160 1,851 2,446
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 3.29% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.67% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 789 1,037 1,886
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £121,500 £112,500 £112,123
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,634
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.89% +4.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,853 50,492 45,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.70% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,653 25,437 34,822
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.95% +4.76% -2.78%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -21 1,079 £77,500 +10.71% 409
London +8 603 £85,000 - 175
UK excluding London -73 502 £70,000 +7.69% 316
Work from Home -21 491 £75,000 +11.11% 270
North of England -20 219 £70,000 +14.37% 80
North West -4 121 £70,000 +9.38% 47
South East -90 103 £70,000 - 112
Yorkshire -17 83 £75,000 +22.54% 19
Midlands -21 63 £75,000 +15.38% 41
South West -58 51 £62,500 - 41
West Midlands +10 36 £70,000 +12.00% 24
Scotland -56 32 £66,000 -5.71% 16
East of England -25 29 £77,500 +34.78% 23
East Midlands -31 25 £77,500 +19.23% 17
North East -10 15 £61,350 +16.86% 14
Wales -13 5 £55,200 +10.40% 12
Northern Ireland -13 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.07%) Apache
3 24 (2.07%) Confluence
4 23 (1.98%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.12%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.95%) JBoss
7 10 (0.86%) Appian
7 10 (0.86%) CMS
8 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.60%) nginx
10 6 (0.52%) IIS
11 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.17%) Liferay
13 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.086%) Camunda
14 1 (0.086%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.086%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (1.90%) Maya
2 14 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.78%) Endur
2 9 (0.78%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.086%) Actimize
8 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.086%) Quorum
8 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 614 (52.93%) AWS
2 556 (47.93%) Azure
3 193 (16.64%) Serverless
4 190 (16.38%) GCP
5 158 (13.62%) SaaS
6 126 (10.86%) GitHub
7 124 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (6.98%) Amazon EKS
8 81 (6.98%) Amazon S3
9 75 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
10 68 (5.86%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (5.26%) PaaS
12 58 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
13 51 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
14 48 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 41 (3.53%) IaaS
16 38 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (3.28%) Power Platform
17 34 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
18 33 (2.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.86%) HTTP
1 10 (0.86%) Network Security
2 9 (0.78%) AMQP
3 4 (0.34%) WAN
4 3 (0.26%) Broadband
4 3 (0.26%) Internet
4 3 (0.26%) Multicast
5 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.17%) LAN
5 2 (0.17%) SNMP
5 2 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.086%) Firewall
6 1 (0.086%) MQTT
6 1 (0.086%) TCAP
6 1 (0.086%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (14.40%) NoSQL
2 165 (14.22%) PostgreSQL
3 146 (12.59%) MongoDB
4 136 (11.72%) SQL Server
5 66 (5.69%) Relational Database
6 62 (5.34%) DynamoDB
7 54 (4.66%) MySQL
8 43 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (2.50%) Redis
11 26 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.98%) Power BI
12 23 (1.98%) RDBMS
13 22 (1.90%) Big Data
14 17 (1.47%) Tableau
15 16 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (1.29%) DB2
17 13 (1.12%) Data Lake
18 11 (0.95%) BigQuery
19 9 (0.78%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 158 (13.62%) Git
2 126 (10.86%) Jenkins
3 58 (5.00%) JIRA
4 47 (4.05%) GitLab
5 44 (3.79%) JUnit
6 43 (3.71%) Selenium
7 35 (3.02%) Cucumber
8 28 (2.41%) JMeter
8 28 (2.41%) TeamCity
9 27 (2.33%) Mockito
10 21 (1.81%) Bitbucket
10 21 (1.81%) Cypress.io
11 17 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
12 13 (1.12%) CircleCI
13 12 (1.03%) Maven
14 9 (0.78%) Postman
15 8 (0.69%) git-flow
15 8 (0.69%) LoadRunner
15 8 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.60%) SonarQube
General
1 341 (29.40%) Social Skills
2 332 (28.62%) Finance
3 113 (9.74%) Banking
4 107 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (8.97%) Law
6 69 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 60 (5.17%) Retail
8 47 (4.05%) Games
9 44 (3.79%) Financial Institution
10 33 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.67%) French Language
12 30 (2.59%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.59%) Marketing
13 29 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.41%) Billing
15 26 (2.24%) Back Office
16 23 (1.98%) Legal
17 21 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 400 (34.48%) Developer
2 262 (22.59%) Senior
3 239 (20.60%) Architect
4 192 (16.55%) Software Engineer
5 179 (15.43%) Lead
6 117 (10.09%) Solutions Architect
7 103 (8.88%) Java Developer
8 101 (8.71%) .NET Developer
9 88 (7.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 87 (7.50%) Senior Developer
11 62 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
12 58 (5.00%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.91%) Java Engineer
14 49 (4.22%) Software Developer
15 43 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 42 (3.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 41 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
18 39 (3.36%) Lead Architect
19 36 (3.10%) Java Software Engineer
20 34 (2.93%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (26.47%) .NET
2 280 (24.14%) React
3 246 (21.21%) RESTful
4 198 (17.07%) Spring
5 196 (16.90%) REST
6 177 (15.26%) Kafka
7 172 (14.83%) Spring Boot
8 141 (12.16%) AngularJS
9 140 (12.07%) Node.js
10 120 (10.34%) .NET Core
11 101 (8.71%) HTML
12 75 (6.47%) .NET Framework
13 71 (6.12%) ASP.NET
14 70 (6.03%) CSS
15 64 (5.52%) ASP.NET Web API
16 58 (5.00%) RabbitMQ
17 55 (4.74%) Entity Framework
17 55 (4.74%) Middleware
18 53 (4.57%) Hibernate
19 51 (4.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 306 (26.38%) Cloud Native
2 175 (15.09%) Distributed Systems
3 123 (10.60%) Enterprise Software
4 96 (8.28%) Product Ownership
5 51 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.84%) Data Structures
8 31 (2.67%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (2.33%) Algorithms
11 24 (2.07%) Blockchain
11 24 (2.07%) Distributed Architecture
12 23 (1.98%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.90%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.47%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.47%) Mobile App
14 17 (1.47%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.38%) Management Information System
16 14 (1.21%) IoT
17 12 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.74%) Linux
2 25 (2.16%) Windows
3 21 (1.81%) Android
4 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.086%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 603 (51.98%) Agile
2 533 (45.95%) CI/CD
3 494 (42.59%) DevOps
4 360 (31.03%) Software Engineering
5 271 (23.36%) Full-Stack Development
6 268 (23.10%) Containerisation
7 251 (21.64%) AI
8 234 (20.17%) Mentoring
9 229 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (17.50%) Event-Driven
11 190 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 175 (15.09%) Computer Science
13 162 (13.97%) Roadmaps
14 159 (13.71%) TDD
15 158 (13.62%) Scrum
16 155 (13.36%) Test Automation
17 144 (12.41%) Technical Leadership
18 137 (11.81%) Clean Code
19 131 (11.29%) SDLC
20 121 (10.43%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 387 (33.36%) Java
2 297 (25.60%) C#
3 288 (24.83%) Python
4 275 (23.71%) SQL
5 260 (22.41%) JavaScript
6 199 (17.16%) TypeScript
7 60 (5.17%) Go
8 37 (3.19%) Shell Script
9 28 (2.41%) PL/SQL
10 23 (1.98%) C++
11 22 (1.90%) PHP
12 19 (1.64%) C
13 18 (1.55%) Bash
14 16 (1.38%) PowerShell
14 16 (1.38%) Ruby
15 14 (1.21%) Kotlin
16 13 (1.12%) Rust
17 6 (0.52%) Bicep
17 6 (0.52%) Delphi
17 6 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 205 (17.67%) Degree
2 129 (11.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 93 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 68 (5.86%) SC Cleared
5 66 (5.69%) AWS Certification
6 59 (5.09%) Master's Degree
7 43 (3.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 39 (3.36%) Azure Certification
9 35 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 26 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.78%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) CISM
14 6 (0.52%) CISSP
15 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.76%) QA
2 24 (2.07%) GDPR
3 21 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.95%) IFRS
5 11 (0.95%) SLA
6 9 (0.78%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.78%) NIST
6 9 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (0.78%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.69%) EMIR
8 5 (0.43%) NCSC
9 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.34%) WCAG
10 3 (0.26%) SEPA
11 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.17%) PSD2
11 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 358 (30.86%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.086%) HDFS
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 343 (29.57%) Kubernetes
2 173 (14.91%) Terraform
3 44 (3.79%) Grafana
4 42 (3.62%) Ansible
5 27 (2.33%) Kibana
6 18 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 4 (0.34%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.34%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Rancher
13 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 186 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.60%) Oracle
3 29 (2.50%) Guidewire
4 26 (2.24%) Google
4 26 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 26 (2.24%) SAP
5 22 (1.90%) Splunk
6 21 (1.81%) Dynatrace
7 19 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 18 (1.55%) BiZZdesign
9 14 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
11 12 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 12 (1.03%) Duck Creek
12 11 (0.95%) IBM
13 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.86%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.86%) Software AG
14 9 (0.78%) Red Hat